Rae Hartley Beck

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, also known as FINRA, helps protect investors by regulating brokers in the United States. It does this through rulemaking, enforcement, investigations and consumer education. FINRA is not a government entity; it is considered a self-regulatory organization

The Community Reinvestment Act is one of the main ways the government promotes fair housing. Here's what to know.

From ChatGPT in classrooms to driverless cars on the roads to oddball memes sweeping Facebook, AI is marching its way into more parts of our daily lives. But one industry has been relatively untouched by the AI revolution: manufacturing.Yet AI is now playing a part in the production of semicondu

Published: Jun 4, 2024, 3:32pm Putting money away for retirement into a Traditional IRA or Roth IRA may seem easy.

As a homeowner, you pay for homeowners insurance to cover a variety of worst-case scenarios that can impact your property. Mortgage protection insurance (MPI) is a different type of safeguard that could be helpful if you’re unable to repay your mortgage. While that extra protection sounds good, MPI isn’t for everyone. Here’s when mortgage protection insurance is worth it.

Calculating your mortgage payment correctly may be harder than you think. Making sure that your projected monthly payment fits within your budget is crucial in determining that the house that you’ve picked out is actually affordable. To calculator your mortgage payment, you'll need your principal loan amount, your interest rate, loan term, property taxes, and any home insurance payments (if you pay it with your mortgage).

The housing market’s astronomical gains the past few years made increasing your home’s value relatively easy.

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Key takeaways Capital gains tax is a levy imposed by the IRS on the profits made from selling an investment or asset, including real estate.